Anthraxination – A friend of mine worked for the only facility in the U.S. with FDA approval to manufacture Anthrax Vaccine. After he left, the company went through a good deal of turbulence and was eventually privatized (they were originally run by the government). This testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives shows that the government has been aware of a deficiency in our ability to produce Anthrax vaccine for some time. In fact, just two month ago the Department of Defense announced yet another slowdown in Anthrax vaccine production with no estimate of when more would be available. We dropped the ball by letting free media die out in Central Asia; apparently our government has done a crap job of keeping around the antidote for biological agents as well. This is what happens when we skimp on national defense spending. [Better Living Through Software]